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WHEELER COUNTY EAGLE, ALAMO, GA. 30411 FRIDAY, FEB. 26, 1971
Deaths And Funerals
Williard Norman
Browning
Funeral services for Williard
Norman Browning, 33, of East
Dublin, who died Monday in a
hospital in Metter, of an ap
parent heart attack, were held
Wednesday afternoon at 3:00
o’clock from the Union Primi
tive Baptist Church with Elder
L. Devane officiating, assisted
by Elder Ralph phiner.
Burial was in the Scotland
Cemetery wij^larriß and Smith
Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
Pallbearers were Benny Wal
ker, Junior; ^Slker, Elmer Wal
ker, Robert Clark, Alton
Browning and Gene Arthur
Browning.
Honorary pallbearers were
F. M. Whitehead, A. F. Gibbs,
Hugh McGahee, Woodroe Gillis,
J. T. Elton, Dave Williams
and Pete Peebles.
Mr. Browning was born in
Wheeler County on September
5, 1937 the son of Mrs. Estelle
Walker Browning and the late
Forrest Browning, and was
married to the former Joyce
—The Georgia -
LEGISLETTER
ATLANTA (PRN) - Gov.
Jimmy Carter last week signed
into law his controversial
government reorganization bill
which will give him sweeping
power to reconstruct state
government. Gov. Carter
vowed the bill will result in a
reduction in state tax by the
end of his administration.
“If I can’t save 5 per cent of
the cost of state government, I
will be sadly mistaken and
disappointed,” Carter added.
The bill, House bill no. 1,
breezed through the House
Jan. 13, by a vote of 166-8,
but turned into a battle
between Carter and Lt. Gov.
Lester G. Maddox when it hit
the Senate. A five hour debate
preceeded the bill’s passing by
an almost unanimous vote
53-3.
A cigarette tax increase
measure, House bill no. 123,
came up in the Senate last
week and was referred back
into Committee. The bill had
previously been sent into the
Banking and Finance
committee from which it was
reported favorably. However,
when it reported back into the
Senate it was referred back
into the committee.
It is believed the reason the
bill was sent back is that some
members wish to tack a special
beer and wine tax on to the
measure. Other legislatures say
they would like to see the
cigarette tax increase more
than the two cents the bill
calls for.
The bill was introduced by
Representatives Quimby
Mellon, Jr. of Griffin, Clayton
Brown, Jr. of Griffin, Bernard
F. Miles of Augusta, Edwin G.
Mullinax of LaGrange and Joe
A. Battle of Savannah.
If the tax increase is passed
as is, it will up the tax on a
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GLENWOOD ALAMO
HELENA VIDALIA
—
Carolyn Hutchinson on August
17, 1957.’
Survivors include his wife;
four children, Hope, Kevin,
Mark and Andrea Browning, all
of East Dublin; mother of
Alamo; one brother, Rosby C.
Browning of Mcßae; and grand
mothers, Mrs. Leila M. Walker
of Mcßae, and Mrs. Annie
Browning of Alma.
Foster Powell
Funeral services for Foster
Powell, 75, who died Sunday,
were held at 3 p.m. Wednesday
in the chapel of Thomas-Wain
wright Funeral Home in Hazle
hurst. Burial was in Hazlehurst
Cemetery. /
Mx. Powell was a native of
Telfair County and has resided
in Hazlehurst for 21 years.
He was a retired farmer and
a member of Fishing Creek
Baptist Church.
.Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Elizabeth Mathis Powell;
three sons, Foster Powell, Jr.
of Hazlehurst, Robert R. Powell
By Glenn McCullough
pack of cigarettes to ten cents.
Rules concerning autos and
their drivers may soon be
tougher as the General
Assembly has several bills
concerning them.
The House passed a bill, no.
58, Jan. 22, which will require
applicants for renewal of
driver’s license to take an
examination over the rules of
driving and also an eye test.
The bill was introduced by
Representatives Bill Williams
of Gainesville and J.R. Smith
of Barnesville.
A bill was introduced in the
Senate Feb. 8, which would
reduce the number of points a
driver receives before his
license is suspended.
Under the present system a
person’s license is suspended if
he receives more than fifteen
points in a month and 18 in a
year for traffic violations. If
no points are received in
twelve months the previous
points no longer count toward
suspension of the person’s
license.
The bill, if passed, will
reduce the points to eleven in
a month, increase from 18 to
24 points in a year and also
increase the twelve month
period to two years.
The bill was introduced by
Senators Al Holloway of
Albany and Hugh M. Gillis Sr.
of Soperton.
In addition to the points
system bill, the Senate is
considering a bill, no. 68,
which will prohibit the
operation of vehicles on state
roads which produce exhaust
emissions that reduce the
transmission of light more
than 30 per cent.
The measure was
introduced by Senators Al
Holloway of Albany, Hugh M.
Gillis Sr. of Soperton, and
Culver Kidd of Milledgeville.
of Lumber City, and James
Powell of Mcßae; three daugh
ters, Mrs. Imogene Shumans
of Hazlehurst, Mrs. Inez Hipps
of Lumber City, and Mrs. Billie
Fay Bedgood of Mcßae; one
brother, Leonard Powell of
West Palm Beach, Fla.; and
eight sisters, Mrs. Lula Vern
ado, Mrs. Minnie Ray, Mrs.
Vemie Lee Reeves, all of Lum
ber City, Mrs. Margie Fuller,
Mrs. Martha Perry and Mrs.
Elizabeth Powell, all of Jack
sonville, Fla., Mrs. Helen Dow
dy of Hazlehurst, and Mrs.
Jesse Hand of Bartow, Fla.
Mrs. Emma Demaris
Clemsnts Johnson
Funeral services for Mrs.
Emma Demaris Clements John
son, 87, of Wheeler County,
who died Wednesday, February
17, in the Telfair County Hos
pital following a long illness,
were held Friday afternoon,
February 19, from the Union
Primitive Baptist Church with
Elder Ralph L. Riner, of Uvalda,
officiating.
Burial was in the Scotland
Cemetery with Harris and Smith
Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
Pallbearers were grandsons,
Iztrry Harrelson, Donald
Browning, Harvey Purvis, Mon
roe Johnson, Billy Johnson,
Jimmy Johnson, Marvin John
son and Paul Johnson.
Mrs. Johnson was bom in
Wheeler County on March 29,
1883 the daughter of the late
Daniel F. and Emma Sikes
Clements. She was married to
the late Sanford Lee Johnson
and was a member of the Union
Primitive Baptist Church.
Survivors include four sons,
Elder Jarvis Johnson of Lees
burg, Fla., Eugene Johnson of
Hawkinsville, Felton Johnson
of Macon, and John C. Johnson
of Indianapolis, Indiana; four
daughters, Mrs. W. J. Dunaway
of Macon, Mrs. V. R. Adams
of St. Augustine, Fla., Mrs.
Truitte Harrelson of Wheeler
County, and Mrs. Earl Bryant
of Dublin; and two sisters, Mrs.
J. S. Nelms of Columbus, and
Mrs. L. H. Harbin of Scotland.
Mrs. Duncan Blue
Funeral services for Mrs.
Duncan Blue, 52, of Cameron,
N. C., who died Wednesday,
February 17, were held at 4
p.m. Friday, February 19, in
Bethlehem Baptist Church in
Photonraphed at Plant Bowen, near Cartersville
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I he start of a ST7-million plan
to protect the Etowah.
Four cooling towers will rise beside the Etowah River in
North Georgia. This is the first. It won't generate a single
kilowatt-hour. Or increase production in any way. It sim
ply cools and reuses water needed to produce electricity.
No warm water is ever returned to the river.
Cooling towers are one way we provide environmental
protection. Another way is with modern electrostatic pre
cipitators. which remove up to 99 percent of fly ash from
stack gases.
Such things are expensive. They account for a large
part of our $359-million construction budget for 1971.
You hold us responsible for a dependable, abundant
supply of electricity. But we want to go one step further:
to protect the environment. Because we believe that's one
way a citizen serves.
Georgia Power Company
A citizen wherever ive serve 9
Condor. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
Survivors include her hus
band; three brothers, Wilbur
Mimbs of Dublin, ElbertMimba
of Alamo, and J. Lonzey Mimbs
of Scott; and two sisters, Mrs.
Cleo Jones of Jacksonville,
Fla., and Mrs. Rosa Lee Me
guiar of Savannah.
Townsend Funeral Home of
Dublin, was in charge.
Infant Bobby
Ray Poole
Graveside services for the
infant son of Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Poole, were held Sunday
afternoon, February 21, at 3:00
o’clock at Glenwood Cemetery
with the Rev. W. C. Thornton
officiating.
Survivors include his par
ents, Carl and Nancy Hullender
Poole; two sisters, Patricia
Ann and Johnny Mae Poole;
and one brother, John Lois
Poole, all of Americus;
maternal grandmother, Mrs.
Julia Hullender of Sheffield,
Fla.; and paternal grandmother,
Mrs. Nina Mae Poole of Glen
wood.
Mrs. John Campbell
Mrs. John T. (Nettie Cook)
Campbell, of 1603 Third Ave.
W., Bradenton, Fla., widow of
the former president of First
National Bank of Bradenton,
died at Manatee Memorial Hos
pital Saturday, January 2, on
the eve of her 92nd birthday.
Mrs. Campbell was born in
Mcßae, January 3, 1879 and
went to Bradenton in 1903 as
the bride of John T. Campbell.
She was responsible for the
organization of several civic .
and social organizations, among
them the Judah P. Benjamin
Chapter of the Daughters of
the Confederacy. She served as
president for many years. She
organized the Foreign Miss ion
ary Society of the First Meth
odist Church of Bradenton, and
also helped organize the Osce
ola Chapter of the Daughters
of the American Revolution.
She was the organizer of the
Friday Literary Club, which
was the first literary club in
Manatee County and she served
for 34 years on the Carnegie
Library Board, serving as
chairman for several years.
She was on the committee
appointed by Gov. Doyle Carle
ton for the beautification of
Gamble Mansion and was active
in its early restoration. She
was a life member of the Bra
denton Woman’s Club and a
member at the First United
Methodist Church of Bradenton.
She was a graduate of La-
Grange Female College at La-
Grange.
Survivors include two daugh
ters, Mrs. John R. (Martha)
Day and Miss Elizabeth Camp
bell, both of Bradenton; two
grandchildren, Mrs. William
Curry Zoller of Brussels, Bel
gium, and Sgt. Jota C. Day,
serving in Vietnam; and two
great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
at Funeral Home Shannon Mon
day, January 4, at 11 a.m.,
with the Rev. Milton Wyatt,
associate pastor of the First
United Methodist Church, of
ficiating.
Burial was in Manas ota
Memorial Park.
Minor Roberson
Funeral services for Minor
Roberson, 63, of Rt. 1, Rhine,
who died at his residence Fri
day, February 19, were held
Saturday afternoon at 2:00
o’clock from the Hopewell Bap
tist Church with the Rev. H. S.
Rycroft of Hawkinsville, offici
ating, assisted by the Rev. Eu
gene Cook of Baxley.
Burial was in the Roberson
Cemetery with Harris and Smith
Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
Pallbearers were Griff
Bowen, Hilton Hilliard, Leonard
Yancey, Wilson Hilliard and
Jack Bowen.
Mr. Roberson was born in
Telfair County on June 1, 1907
the son of the late William
Minor and Donnie Bell Miles
Roberson. He was married to
the former Alice Pittman on
July 4, 1937 in Telfair County
and was a member of the Hope
well Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife
at Rt. 1, Rhine; four daughters,
Mrs. Leroy Jones and Mrs.
Eddie Mae Ray, both of Rhine,
Mrs. Wendell Bumham of East
man, and Mrs. Bobby Sheffield
of Fitzgerald; one son, W. J,
Roberson of Rhine; nine grand
children; three brothers, Mit
chell Roberson, Daniel Rober
son and Homer Roberson of
Jacksonville; one sister, Mrs.
Jessie Barfield of Jacksonville,
Fla.; and two half-brothers,
William Roberson of Orlando,
Fla., and John Roberson of
Lumber City.
John D. Marchant
Graveside services for John
Derrick Marchant, infant son
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mar
chant of Hazlehurst, who died
Thursday, February 18, at
Clyde Duncan Memorial Hos
pital, were held Friday, Feb.
19, at 1 p.m. at Philadelphia
Baptist Cemetery.
Murchison Funeral Home
Owned And Operated By
Mr. and Mrs. Julian W. Ouzis
Telephone 537-4121
537-7305
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Also surviving are a sister,
Miss Martie Marchant of Hazle
hurst; maternal grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Youmans
of Lumber City, and paternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Z. W. Marchant of Hazlehurst.
Miles Funeral Home of
Hazlehurst was in charge.
Allen T. Roberson
Funeral services for Allen
T. Roberson, 68, of Macon, who
died Thursday, February 18,
in the Macon Hospital were
held Saturday afternoon, Feb
ruary' 20, at 3:00 o’clock from
Friendship Baptist Church with
the Rev. W. J. Padgett offici
ating.
Burial was in the church
cemetery with Harris and Smith
Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
Pallbearers were Earl Har
rell, Leroy Roberson, Rob Rob
erson, Bernard Home, Grady
Roberson and Harris Roberson.
Mr. Roberson was bom in
Telfair County on June 10,1904
the son of the late Peter and
Lou Tish Roberson and was a
member of Friendship Baptist
Church.
Survivors include seven sons,
Howard Roberson and Curtis
Roberson of Cochran, Leonard
Roberson of Columbus, Earnest
Roberson of Cameron, Texas,
Gordon Roberson of Macon,
Allen Roberson, Jr., and Dudley
Roberson of Warner Robins;
18 grandchildren; two sisters,
Mrs. George Burkhalter of
Rhine, and Mrs. G. C. Fussell
of Milan; one half-sister, Mrs.
Mary Clements of Jacksonville;
two brothers, Rob Roberson
and Eddie Mack Roberson of
Milan; two half-brothers, Char
lie Roberson of Rhine, and Bay
Roberson of Milan; and several
nieces and nephews.
R. Baxter Page
Funeral services for R. Bax
ter Page, 74, of Scotland, who
died Sunday in the Telfair Coun
ty Hospital following a long
illness, were held Tuesday
morning at 11:00 o’clock from
the Chapel of Harris and Smith
Funeral Home with the Rev.
J. W. Herndon, pastor of the
Mcßae UnitedMethodistChurch
officiating.
Burial was in the Scotland
Cemetery with Harris and Smith
in charge of arrangements.
Pallbearers were Norwood
Flanders, Wade Nunn, George
Irwin, Muller McDuffie, Major
Harris and C leo Raburn.
Mr. Page was bom in Laurens
County on June 15, 1896 the son
of Archie and Mary Etta Wil
liams Page. He was married
to the former Burlie Hinnant
and was a member of the
Christian Church.
Survivors include his wife
of Scotland; three sons, Archie
Page and Alton Page of Mcßae,
and Paul Page of Sunnyvale,
California; seven grandchil
dren; and one sister, Mrs. Vera
Thomas of Bonaire.
Charles Rhymes
Charles William (Willie)
Rhymes, 72, died Wednesday,
February 17, at his home in
Jesup, after a long illness.
He was a native of Coffee
County.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Gladys Dixon Rhymes of Jesup;
three daughters, Mrs. Lillian
Smith of Brunswick, Mrs.
Glady s Nancy Miller and Mrs.
Willie Max Foster, both of
Jesup; four sons, J. W. Rhymes,
Arthur Rhymes and Quincy
Rhymes, all of Brunswick, and
Cleon Rhymes of Jesup; two
sisters, Mrs. Lillie Cole of
Jacksonville, Fla., and Mrs.
Rena Bowen of Mcßae; and
three brothers, Henry Rhymes
of Jesup, Joe Rhymes of Jack
sonville, Fla., and Cleon
Rhymes of Michigan.
Rinehart and Sons Funeral
Home of Jesup was in charge.
John R. Bush
Funeral services for John R.
"Bason” Bush, 72, who died
in a Dublin hospital Saturday
night, February 20, after a
long illness, were heldat3p.m.
Monday, February 22, in the
chapel of Sammons Funeral
Home in Soperton, with burial
in Dublin Memorial Gardens.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Nola Johnson Bush of
Politics On Parade
By Sid Williams
The recent attempts of At- 1
lanta Negro State Senator Le- i
Roy Johnson to have the Senate s
declare the birthday of Martin ;
Luther King, Jr. an official I
state holiday has, apparently,
come to an end when the Senate i
last week sent the resolution to I
the Rules Committee, after it I
has been passed out of the ’
Judiciary Committee. Most ]
likely, this reso’ution will not j
see the light of day again. How
ever, Senator Johnson will, un
doubtedly, try again next year.
With this in mind, we want ’
the public to know a segment |
of the character of the man
King, whose life was so filled ]
with violence and debauchery
that we find it hard to be'ieve
that decent and honorable Ne
groes can even respect his ;
memory, much less celebrate
his birthday. Therefore, we are ।
re-publishing the following in
formation on King which was ।
printed by the Atlanta Con- ,
stitution on Thursday, August
21, 1969, in a syndicated col
umn by Drew Pearson (now
dead) and Jack Anderson. The
same facts — plus much more
— are contained in the FBI
files on King, and is well known (
by nearly every Senator and (
Congressman in Washington.
Here it is, word for word:
“The FBI also picked up an (
earful from its taps on the
late Rev. Martin Luther King's
telephone. His calls to the ।
vivacious wife of a Los An
geles dentist were included in
the bedtime reading of Presi
dent Johnson, who used to take
the latest FBI reports to bed
with him for his late reading.
"The first tip on Dr. King's
alleged affair with the dentist's
wife came from Don New
combe, the former Los Angeles
Dodgers' baseball star. The
FBI passed on a report to
President Johnson, dated Feb.
20, 1968, quoting Newcombe
as saying that Dr. King ‘has
been having an illicit love af
fair with the wife of a promin
ent Negro dentist in Los An
geles since 1962.
“King calls this woman
every Wednesday and meets her
in various cities throughout the
country.
“The source related an in
cident which occurred some
time ago in a New York City
Hotel, where King was intoxi
cated at a small gathering. King
threatened to leap from the
13th floor window of the hote'
if this woman would not say
she loved him."
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Recently, we wrote that some
people thought Bo Callaway
would make a better race in the
Republican primary in 1972
Dublin; four daughters, Mrs.
Donna Bell, Mrs. Bonnie Franks
and Miss Glenda Bush, all of
Dublin, and Mrs. Gerald Mixon
of Warner Robins; a son, James
Bush of Dublin; three sisters,
Mrs. Lillie Graham of Mcßae,
Mrs. Hattie Moore of Fernan
dina Beach, Fla., and Mrs.
Mattie Durden of Swainsboro;
two brothers, Manning Bush
of Savannah and Elmo Bush
of Adrian, and 13 grandchildren.
How much do you know
about drycleaning'.’ I'he term
“drycleaning’’ means that no
water is used in the cleaning
solvent. “Wetcleaning” is a
hand-brushing operation, using
water, and employing special
equipment for quick drying
dye-setting agents and sizings.
Extension clothing specialists
say this met h‘>rf of cleaning is a
last resort for badly soiled gar
ments. The point out. how
ever. that <• iv end grease son
cannot be reino’cd b water,
but only I", dry cleaning
solvents.
MEN NEEDED
in this area to train as
LIVESTOCK
BUYERS
LEARN TO BUY CATTLE.
HOGS AND SHEEP
at sale barns, feed lots and
ranches We prefer to train
men 21 to 55 with livestock ex
perience For local interview,
write age phone, address and
background to
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for the U. S. Senate than would
Congressman Fletcher Thomp
son. Now, various politicos
around the Capitol tell us that
this is not true, that Thompson
would beat Caliaway “hands
down". They say, also, that Cal
laway is not a sure candidate,
but that Thompson definitely
will run if his District is reap
portioned with a heavy ma
jority of Negroes.
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The host of friends of veteran
Public Service Commissioner
Walter McDonald wiil regret to
know that he is seriously ill at
DeKalb County hospital. We all
hope he will recover soon.
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Zell Miller, Executive Aide to
Lt.-Governor Lester Maddox
and longtime state political fig
ure, is guest of honor at a big
party being given Thursday
night, Feb. 25, at the Henry
Grady Hotel in Atlanta. No
body will say exact'y who's giv
ing it, or why, but we have an
idea that it may be an unofficial
kickoff for a Miller campaign
for state office in 1972.
Incidentally, Miller, George
Bagby, Joe Sports and several
others are rumored as potential
candidates for the Public Ser
vice Commission post being va
cated at the end of ‘72 by
Crawford Pilcher.
Mrs. Melba Williams, well
known resident of Athens, who
was a member of the State
Elections Commission for sev
eral years until resigning last
summer to help Car! Sanders'
gubernatorial campaign, is be
ing mentioned for re-appoint
ment by the Senate to the Com
mission, to fill a vacancy com
ing up.
Mrs. Williams is recogniz
ed as about the foremost au
thority in Georgia on election
laws — unless it be Secretary
of State Ben Fortson — who
incidentally, for some reason or
the other, doesn't want her back
on the Commission.
Lt-Governor Lester Maddox
is being praised widely for his
handling of the job of Presiding
Officer of the State Senate. He
acts like a veteran of legislative
affairs.
Incidentally, we hereby make
the long range prediction that
Maddox will not be a candidate
for the United States Senate in
1972, but will run for Presi
dent instead, particularly if
Georgia has a presidential pri
mary.
Speaking of Lester, it's amaz
ing how much mail he gets with
no address on the envelope —
just his picture.